1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to climate change; appropriating money for a report on greenhouse gas 
1.3 	emissions reductions strategies.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS OPTIONS; 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION; REPORT.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.8 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the renewable development account under 
1.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner of the Pollution 
1.10 	Control Agency to produce a report describing potential strategies to reduce statewide 
1.11 	greenhouse gas emissions, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 216H.01, subdivision 
1.12 	2, to the levels required in order to comply with:
1.13 	(1) the state's greenhouse gas emissions reductions goals established in Minnesota 
1.14 	Statutes, section 216H.02, subdivision 1; and
1.15 	(2) the 2030 emissions reduction goal established by the United States under the United 
1.16 	Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, also known as the Paris Agreement.
1.17 	(b) The report must, at a minimum, include the following information:
1.18 	(1) strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that separately address each of the 
1.19 	following sectors:
1.20 	(i) agriculture;
1.21 	(ii) forestry;
2.1 	(iii) manufacturing;
2.2 	(iv) residential and commercial buildings;
2.3 	(v) transportation and land use;
2.4 	(vi) electric generation;
2.5 	(vii) natural gas utilities; and
2.6 	(viii) waste management; and
2.7 	(2) the estimated amount of greenhouse gas emissions reductions that would result from 
2.8 	implementing each strategy and the cost to implement each strategy.
2.9 	(c) The commissioner may contract with an independent third party to develop the report.
2.10 	(d) No later than ......., the commissioner must submit the report to the chairs and ranking 
2.11 	minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees with primary 
2.12 	jurisdiction over energy policy and environmental policy.

2.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.